A months-extensive mystery has been solved.
Because the information broke that the Saudi governing administration backed LIV Golf, an upstart golfing league searching for to disrupt the PGA Tour, the question has been no matter if the a few majors not sanctioned by the PGA — the U.S. Open, Open Championship and Masters — would make it possible for gamers who chose to contend in LIV Golfing to play. The answer, at least with the U.S. Open up, is yes.
“We pleasure ourselves in currently being the most open championship in the globe and the gamers who have gained the ideal to contend in this year’s championship, both equally by means of exemption and qualifying, will have the prospect to do so,” the USGA mentioned in a assertion. “Our discipline conditions had been established prior to entries opening before this year and it is not proper, nor reasonable to opponents, to transform standards the moment set up.
“Regarding gamers who may perhaps opt for to play in London this week, we simply just asked ourselves this concern — ought to a participant who experienced attained his way into the 2022 U.S. Open, by using our revealed area requirements, be pulled out of the field as a consequence of his selection to play in a further celebration? And finally we decided that they ought to not.”
Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson headline the initially LIV Golfing party, held this week outdoors London. Other competitors include things like Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Kevin Na, Lee Westwood, Louis Oosthuizen, Martin Kaymer, Charl Schwartzel, Graeme McDowell and Talor Gooch.
The U.S. Open up usually takes position following week at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
“Our final decision about our discipline for the 2022 U.S. Open really should not be construed as the USGA supporting an alternate organizing entity, nor supportive of any individual participant actions or remarks,” the statement concluded. “Rather, it is only a response to irrespective of whether or not the USGA sights taking part in in an different event, without the need of the consent of their residence tour, an offense that need to disqualify them for the U.S. Open up.”
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